American History Resources on the Web

General

History Buff

Primary Sources

Alabama resources are here
Most of these links are to specific areas within A Treasury of Primary Documents
National Archives
US History Tours on Google Earth
Archiving America
Docs Teach
Avalon Project
Raglinen

Exploration and Discovery Period

Christopher Columbus' Journal
Letter to John Cabot
The Works of Sir Walter Raleigh
Return to Roanoke

Colonial Times

Colonial Maps
Colonial Charters
Virtual Jamestown
Massachusetts Bay School Law
Roger Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty

Independence Movement

The Rights of British Colonies
Objections to Taxation
Pitt's Speech on the Stamp Act
The Rights of the Colonists

The Revolution

The Beauties of Liberty
The Boston Massacre
Eyewitness Accounts of the Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Colonial Rights
The Declaration of Independence
The Midnight Ride
American Revolution Interactive Lessons
American Memory Map Collection
The Revolutionary War Animated
Teaching American History - The Revolution

Early America

The Articles of Confederation
The Constitution
Northwest Ordinance
Primary Source Material from 18th Century America

Civil War

Civil War Primary Documents
Civil War Women
The Civil War's Effect on Ordinary People (This is resources from Kentucky. As a border state, this should give accounts of people on both sides of the conflict)
Civil War and Reconstruction Documents